Politics & Policy

Going before voters in the May 17 primary election will be candidates for all 203 House and 25 of 50 Senate seats.

Journalist Nicholas Confessore discusses his three part series about conservative media 'icon' Tucker Carlson's rise to cable television supremacy.

She will be the first Black woman and the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in the role.

The legalization measure is a companion piece to another bill that would create a tax and regulatory structure for vendors to grow and sell weed.

Overtime for city workers continues to be a problem, according to a new report from the authority tasked with keeping watch on the city’s finances.

Governor Tom Wolf vowed to veto any abortion ban in Pennsylvania, while others say pregnant people could become second class citizens if Roe v. Wade is upended.

NJ to use federal money to buy properties damaged by Ida.

The federal rental aid program expects to distribute the rest of its money this summer. Some cities have already run out, pushing eviction filings higher than before.

Candidates sometimes repeat Trump’s conspiracy theories about fraud or distort the actions of state officials in an attempt to portray Democrats as having cheated — or both.

Despite gaining national traction in the 1970s, the history of the anti-abortion movement in the U.S. goes back more than a century before the landmark Supreme Court decision.

The 2018 parking contract appeared to offer no benefit to the city, but a WHYY analysis of campaign contributions shows the mayor's campaign was likely the one benefitting.

Here’s everything you should know about New Jersey’s single-use bag and container ban, from what’s covered under the law and what’s exempt to which businesses are impacted.

Author J.D. Vance emerged from a crowded Republican primary in Ohio, and now becomes the favorite in the general election in the GOP-leaning state.

He was one of two Dems who didn’t join 48 other senators in co-sponsoring the Women’s Health Protection Act.

The court confirmed the authenticity of the leaked draft and Chief Justice John Roberts said he had ordered an investigation into what he called an “egregious breach of trust.